How do you recognize
stroke symptoms in
survivors who may
already be living with a
deficit that mirrors one
of the warning signs?

When Folks Have

Second Strokes

f the approximately 795,000

Americans who have a stroke
each year, nearly one out of
four is having a recurrent
stroke. For those roughly

185,000 people, the warningsigns may or may not be thesame as the first stroke. It’simportant to be familiar withall the warning signs, which are listed on page 13 andare available at strokeassociation.org.

But even if you’ve learned the warning signs, how
do you distinguish the slurred speech, weakness on one
side, uneven gait or other deficits caused by the first
stroke from a symptom of a second stroke?